The Centre for Health Protection today (24) announced 7 new Omicron cases and 5 imported cases, including one epidemiologically related to the imported case, involving a 64-year-old male airport cleaner. Omicron testing is temporarily There were no results. About 14 people who had close contact with the patient, and the household contacts and close contacts of 40 close contacts were required to be isolated and quarantined. The 26 environmental samples collected during the field investigation at the airport were all negative.
In addition, the peak period of returning to Hong Kong during Christmas and New Years has caused a significant increase in imported cases in Hong Kong. The Centre for Health Protection stated that today there are fewer than 25 confirmed cases, which is a recent high.
The seven imported cases (12538, 12548, 12549, 12551, 12552, 12553 and 12554) on December 20 and 22 involved three men and four women, aged 18 to 61 years.
According to the whole genome sequencing analysis conducted by the Public Health Laboratory Service Division of the Department of Health, Omicron was confirmed.
Five cases were confirmed by the "test pending" test at the temporary sample collection center upon arrival, two cases were confirmed during the quarantine period, and a total of 41 Omicron cases were recorded in Hong Kong.
There are now 7 more imported Omicron cases.
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The Centre for Health Protection is also investigating five new imported cases of new coronary pneumonia. So far, there have been 12,556 cases in Hong Kong. A total of 72 cases have been reported in the past 14 days, all of which are imported cases.
Four of the new cases were imported cases, and one was an epidemiologically related case to the imported case, all involving the N501Y+T478K mutant virus strain.
The case involved two men and three women, aged 20 to 64 years old.
Among the imported cases, one person arrived in Hong Kong from a designated area in Group A (high risk) for enhanced monitoring, and the other three arrived in Hong Kong from a designated area in Group A (high risk).
The two tested positive at the airport when they arrived in Hong Kong, and the two were diagnosed during the quarantine period.
One case (12557), which was epidemiologically related to the imported case, lived in On Hei House, Siu Hei Court, Tuen Mun. He worked as a cleaner in a toilet at the airport waiting to be sent to the hospital for a preliminary confirmed imported case. He has not travelled recently.
She developed cough, sore throat, and fatigue on December 22, with a Ct value of less than 30.
The center will do further genetic analysis and genetic comparison of imported cases with N501Y and T478K mutations recently diagnosed in Hong Kong.
Since the patient may carry the Omicron mutant virus strain, the center will take the most stringent prevention and control measures to encrypt the number of mandatory tests for people living in the same building or working in the building in which the case is living.
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The remaining four imported cases:
1) Case 12558: A 20-year-old female with no minor illness. She arrived in Hong Kong from Germany and Ireland on LH796 on December 20. She was diagnosed during the quarantine at the Holiday Inn Golden Mile Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui. She had received two doses of Fubitai vaccine in Ireland.
2) Case 12559: A 46-year-old male who developed cough and runny nose on December 22nd. He took ET608 to Hong Kong via Ethiopia from Ghana on the same day. He tested positive at the airport and had received two doses of Fubital vaccine in Hong Kong.
3) Case 12560: A 25-year-old female developed a mild cough on December 22. She arrived in Hong Kong from Ghana via Ethiopia by taking ET608 on the same day. She tested positive at the airport and had received two doses of AstraZeneca vaccine in Nigeria.
4) Case 12561: A 25-year-old female who developed fever, sore throat, vomiting and headache on December 22nd. She arrived in Hong Kong from Australia on the same day on December 20th by taking CX100. She was diagnosed during the quarantine at Hotel Indigo Wanchai. She had been in Hong Kong. Get two doses of Fubitai vaccine.
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